Ice Age
Franchise entries: Ice Age (2002), Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006), Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009), Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012), Ice Age: Collision Course (2016)
I’ll never forget overhearing a conversation between a child and his father halfway through the premiere of Ice Age: Collision Course. The little boy turned to his dad and said, “Daddy, these movies are getting stupid.” That child summarized in one sentence what we’ve thought of this franchise for some time now.
Unfortunately, parents keep taking their kids to these movies – even if the children don’t like them anymore – and the Ice Age brand continues to flourish. As adults, we need to lead by example and say it’s enough now; otherwise, we’ll get another 50 of these humorless flicks.
So far, there’s been no news of a sixth film, so we can only hold thumbs that someone wised up and decided to not do another one. Yes, we all love Scrat, but even that poor critter is looking tired here.
Likelihood of being cancelled: 50/50.
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